Luise Garay-Lichtmay by Herberth

Luise Garay-Lichtmay (1835-?); Bohemian soprano.
In 1856 she made her debut as Lucrezia Borgia at the Stadttheater at Olmütz. In the following years she was engaged at Graz (1858/59), Prague (1859/60) and Hamburg (1860/61). From 1861/63 she was engaged at the “Wiener Hofoper” at Vienna and the season 1863/64 she performed at the “Deutsche Theater” in Rotterdam. She then devoted herself to French opera and made extended tours through Belgium and France. From 1865/71 she was engaged at Breslau, Wiebaden and again Hamburg. She then left Europe and made a very successful second career in the USA. In 1871 she performed the rôle of Elsa in the first American performance of Lohengrin. Her most memorable rôles were Donna Anna in “Don Giovanni”, Elvira in “Ernani”, Rachel in “La Juive” and Bertha in “Le Prophet”.